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n. [ Cf. OF. assemblance. ] 1. Resemblance; likeness; appearance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Care I for the . . . stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man? Give me the spirit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An assembling; assemblage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To weete [ know ] the cause of their assemblance. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Assembled p. pr. & vb. n. Assembling ] [ F. assembler, fr. LL. assimulare to bring together to collect; L. ad + simul together; akin to similis like, Gr. &unr_; at the same time, and E. same. Cf. Assimilate, Same. ] 1. To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thither he assembled all his train. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the men of Israel assembled themselves. 1 Kings viii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To collect and put together the parts of; as, to assemble a bicycle, watch, gun, or other manufactured article. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Parliament assembled in November. W. Massey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To liken; to compare. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bribes may be assembled to pitch. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. brought together into a group or crowd. the assembled letters in my office
Syn. -- accumulated, collected, congregate, massed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 formed by fitting or joining components together.
Syn. -- built(prenominal), made-up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Computers) a computer program that takes as input a set of instructions written in assembly language, and produces a corresponding executable computer program in machine language. [ PJC ]

3. (Computers) same as assembly language. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Assemblies [ F. assemblée, fr. assembler. See Assemble. ] 1. A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collection of inanimate objects. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In some of the United States, the legislature, or the popular branch of it, is called the Assembly, or the General Assembly. In the Presbyterian Church, the General Assembly is the highest ecclesiastical tribunal, composed of ministers and ruling elders delegated from each presbytery; as, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, or of Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Assembly room, a room in which persons assemble, especially for dancing. --
Unlawful assembly (Law), a meeting of three or more persons on a common plan, in such a way as to cause a reasonable apprehension that they will disturb the peace tumultuously. --
Westminster Assembly, a convocation, consisting chiefly of divines, which, by act of Parliament, assembled July 1, 1643, and remained in session some years. It framed the “Confession of Faith, ” the “Larger Catechism, ” and the “Shorter Catechism, ” which are still received as authority by Presbyterians, and are substantially accepted by Congregationalists. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Assemblage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Computers) an artificial computer language with mnemonic codes representing the basic machine-language instructions of a computer, which can be interpreted by an assembler to produce a computer program in machine language. Also informally referred to as assembler. Writing a program in assembly language is very much simpler than writing the machine instructions in binary code, and the use of such a language greatly increases the efficiency of the process of writing computer programs. See also programming language, FORTRAN, BASIC. [ PJC ]

n. A line of machinery, tools, and workers on which objects to be manufactured are moved from one post to the next, where different workers perform different steps in the manufacturing process; called also production line. The objects to be manufactured usually move on a form of conveyor belt, which does not necessarily move only in a straight line, but may continue around the factory area for some distance. [ PJC ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an assembly line; as, an assembly-line process; also used metaphorically, as an assembly-line educational system. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Assemblymen A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of a state legislature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a female member of a legislative body called an assembly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. 1. to take apart; to disconnect the parts of; to convert a whole into its constituent pieces.
Syn. -- dismantle, take apart, break apart, break up. [ PJC ]

2. (Computers) to convert a computer program in machine language into an equivalent assembly-language file. [ PJC ]

v. i. to be able to come apart easily; to be converted into constituent parts; as, the rifle disassembles into small pieces for concealment. [ PJC ]

n. (Computers) a computer program that takes as input a computer program in machine language and produces an equivalent assembly-language file. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble. ] Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [ R. ] Osborne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dissemble + -ance. ] The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dissembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissembling ] [ OF. dissembler to be dissimilar; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + F. sembler to seem, L. simulare to simulate; cf. L. dissimulare to dissemble. See Simulate, and cf. Dissimulate. ] 1. To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissemble all your griefs and discontents. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But -- why did you kick me down stairs? J. P. Kemble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign. [ 1913 Webster ]

He soon dissembled a sleep. Tatler.

Syn. -- To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See Conceal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips. Prov. xxvi. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ an enemy ] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here. Pope.

Syn. -- Dissembler, Hypocrite. A person is called a dissembler with reference to his concealment of his real character, and a hypocrite with reference to his assumption of a false character. But hypocrite is the stronger word, being commonly used to characterize a person who is habitually insincere and false, especially one who makes professions of goodness when his aims are selfish and his life corrupt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- Dis*sem"bling*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ F. ] The whole; all the parts taken together. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ adv. [ F. ] All at once; together. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. False resemblance or semblance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Assemblage a second time or again. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To assemble again; -- usually after having taking something apart. Usually used without the hyphen. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Resemble. ] Admitting of being compared; like. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble. ] 1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A comparison; a simile. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Probability; verisimilitude. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance; representation; image. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., a . and p. pr. fr. ressembler to resemble. See Resemble. ] Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. [ R. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Resembled p. pr. & vb. n. Resembling ] [ F. ressembler; pref. re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See Similar. ] 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

We will resemble you in that. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The other . . .
He did resemble to his lady bright. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To counterfeit; to imitate. [ Obs. ] “They can so well resemble man's speech.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cause to imitate or be like. [ R. ] H. Bushnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who resembles. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., from sembler to seem, resemble, L. similare, simulare. See Simulate. ] Like; similar; resembling. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Likeness; representation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In like manner. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Semblable, a. ] 1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Only semblances or imitations of shells. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. semblant, p. pr. ] 1. Like; resembling. [ Obs. ] Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] 1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

His flatterers made semblant of weeping. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The face. [ Obs. ] Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And all is semblative a woman's part. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. sembler. See Semblable, a. ] 1. To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Where sembling art may carve the fair effect. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) It seems; -- chiefly used impersonally in reports and judgments to express an opinion in reference to the law on some point not necessary to be decided, and not intended to be definitely settled in the cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like; resembling. [ Obs. ] T. Hudson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Assemble. ] (Zool.) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is often adopted by collectors in order to procure specimens of rare species. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] The appearance of truth; verisimilitude. [ 1913 Webster ]